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| HER Number: | MDV12650 |
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| Name: | Ring Cairn on Headon Down, Cornwood |
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Summary
A ring cairn close to the summit of Headon Down. The cairn was not visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs or lidar derived images and has probably been destroyed by quarrying activity.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 586 597 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX55NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/26
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING CAIRN (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.
Vis=3/3/1980 (greeves, t. [dcc]) ring cairn almost on summit of headon down. Cairn is heather covered and somewhat eroded by a modern footpath. Maximum diameter 13.0m, bank is approximately 2.0m across and 0.5m high (worksheet).
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171134.
Not visible on raf 1946 ap (rchm app 1985).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171136.
Des=worksheet.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171137.
Des=two photos by t. Greeves(26/11/1980)in parish file.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171138.
Des=greeves, t. /(26/2/1998)/letter in pf.
Greeves, T. A. P., Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV69961.
Cairn destroyed by topsoil stripping before clay waste dumping (greeves).
Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5859 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.
The site of the cairn has been landscaped by modern quarrying activity.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
The cairn was not identified as an earthwork on any aerial photographic sources or digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2013 consulted by the survey. It has probably been destroyed by quarrying activity.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1142 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV171134 | Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985. |
| SDV171136 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV171137 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV171138 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV361470 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX5859 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV69961 | Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P.. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 25 2019 5:07PM |
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